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ChessCentral is pleased to offer an expanding collection of high-quality articles for your enjoyment. The articles are each in a self-extracting .exe file. Most articles are presented as a .cbv file and require Chess E-book and Article Readers.

Sofia 2006 (Smart Chess Viewer format)
A great addition the SCV Library - Topalov's victory at Sofia, annotated by IM Maharramzade in Smart Chess Viewer format. This event features a very impressive comeback for V. Topalov, who scored four consecutive wins in the last four rounds to take clear first place, half a point ahead of Gata Kamsky. In the final round Topalov defeated Bacrot to gain the 1/2 point lead over Kamsky, who drew with Svidler. Find out more about Smart Chess Viewer, and download your free trial version here.

Chess Scan
Finally a way to get those newspaper and book diagrams into  your computer for analysis. Use Chess Scan when you want to save those diagrams in a format readable by your chess software. Simply scan a chess diagram using Chess Scan as you intelligent "OCR" tool. Then save the position as a .FEN, .EPD, .PGN or other popular file format. Many thanks to Gerhard Trippen for this great free download. Click here to learn more.

Wijk aan Zee 2006  (Smart Chess Viewer format)
Download the introductory file in the "SCV Library", a collection of annotated .pgn files in the Smart Chess Viewer format. See the games with SCV commentary; find out why Anand and Topalov carried the day. Smart Chess Viewer is software for everyone - click below to get your trial version, or click here to learn more, and purchase your registered version.

Linares 2006 (Smart Chess Viewer format)
Here you'll find the latest addition to the SCV Library - this time the super-strong Linares tournament. See how GM Aronian edged out Topalov and Leko to win! Click here to learn more about Smart Chess Viewer.

Smart Chess Viewer - Trial Version
Smart Chess Viewer is a powerful and flexible utility for replaying and annotating chess games in .pgn (portable game notation) format. Download the full version for a FREE 7-day trial period. Now you can access the millions of .pgn games stored on the internet, or simply play over your latest club victory. But this unique program not only reads .pgn game scores - with Smart Chess Viewer you can comment on every move of the game, using a complete array of graphical marks. Click here to learn more, and purchase your registered version.

Shredder for MAC
You can download a slightly restricted test version of the world champion chess program Shredder Classic MAC FREE of charge and try it out for 30 days without obligation. Shredder Classic runs on all Windows PCs with at least Windows 98. The FREE download of the chess program Shredder Classic MAC is 4 MB. You can see all the new features of Shredder 9 MAC here

Fruit 2.1

Fruit is a chess engine. If you seek maximum playing strength, Fruit is your choice!. Fruit is vice world computer chess champion and one of the strongest chess programs in the world, if not the strongest. Fruit has a unique playing style, making it a good addition to any chess-engine collection. Many thanks to Joachim Rang and Fruit Chess for allowing ChessCentral members this awesome free download. Click here to learn more about Fruit 2.2.

Field_0221.cbv
Here you will find a complete chess column from The Field for February 21, 1874 edited by Wilhelm Steinitz. Chess problems, chess news, two games annotated by Steinitz and more - all in Chessbase format ready to download! This "must see" column set the standard for all to follow.

Field_0110.cbv
Here you will find a complete chess column from The Field for January 10, 1874 edited by Wilhelm Steinitz. Chess problems, chess news, a game annotated by Steinitz and more - all in Chessbase format ready to download! This "must see" column set the standard for all to follow.

Shredder Classic
You can download a slightly restricted test version of the world champion chess program Shredder Classic FREE of charge and try it out for 30 days without obligation. Shredder Classic runs on all Windows PCs with at least Windows 98. The FREE download of the chess program Shredder Classic is 5 MB. You can see all the new features of Shredder 9 here

Chess Endgame Training Demo
This superior endgame program is designed to teach you different endgame methods. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert. Includes more than 2450 endgame exercises taken from practical games and endgame studies. Get a great demo of how endgame training was meant to be! You can take a look at the complete version by clicking here.

Pro Deo  (Version1.0/ 3.5 MB)
PRO DEO (version 1.0) is the first version of the former commercial Rebel chess program series. Ed Schroeder, the author of the famous Rebel programs, has just released a freeware version of his latest Rebel engine which is 20-30 points stronger then Rebel 12 and comes in the UCI format. Many thanks to Ed for allowing ChessCentral to offer Pro Deo FREE to our Members. You can visits Ed's website here.

• approximately 2700 ELO!!
• Download Pro Deo 1.0
• After the download open the archive with WINZIP and double click SETUP.
• To run PRO DEO you will need to announce the engine first.
• Under Chessbase this means: Engine -> New UCI engine -> Browse -> RebelUCI.exe
• Under ChessPartner do: Extra -> Engine Import Wizard -> Winboard engines -> Install -> ProDeo.exe
•  Enjoy!

Chess Lessons for Beginners - Sample
Here's an excerpt from E. E. Cunnington's Chess Lessons for Beginners, a new ChessCentral e-book. What you'll get is a complete annotated game, exactly as given in the e-book. Click here to learn more about Chess Lessons for Beginners.

VictorVision Issue #10
The Last Triumph of Klaus Junge
This tenth installment of Victor Charushin's acclaimed series focuses on Prague, 1942 - the final tournament of 18-year-old Klause Junge. The outcome was an unqualified success for the young maestro, tying for first with Alekhine! A game by game account combined with background details, little known facts, notes by Junge and Alekhine...even a rare photo of Junge. Find out more about this budding genius, whose life was so tragically cut short.

Discart-Bonetti Match, 1863.pdf
Here is your chance to experience chess as it used to be - or might have been! In January of 1863 a match took place between Francesco Discart and Cornelio Bonetti, using the old Italian rules of chess. Castling was "free" style, en passant pawn captures were disallowed, and a pawn could only be promoted to those pieces already captured! All 15 games of this great match are annotated by Discart himself, and much additional material is included. An excellent "mini" e-book! To check out this fascinating ebook in ChessBase format click here.

Chess Archives, No. 4
Alessandro Nizzola delivers again with a look at the Maltese Falcon Gambit (1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e4, or 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 e6 3.e4, etc.), and at occultist Aleister Crowley's connection with chess. Then a reprint of "Chess: the Subtle Sin", which shows that chess may contain more traps than we know! Next a collection of old chess photos, of the postcard variety, and finally a bibliographical list of all known Italian chess columns - and more. A very fine addition to the Chess Archives series.

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